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Housing

Mayor defies supes, says she won’t open hotel rooms for all homeless

Tim Redmond - April 26, 2020

Mayor London Breed announced this weekend that she is not going to sign – or apparently abide by – legislation requiring the city to...

News + Politics

Lawsuit seeks to reduce ICE detention during pandemic

Tim Redmond - April 22, 2020

People in ICE detention are not facing criminal charges. Deportation is a civil matter – and yet, the law allows the government to lock...

News + Politics

Campaign seeks to close jail at Hall of Justice

Garrett Leahy - April 16, 2020

On Wednesday, the NoNewSFJail Coalition and its member organizations asked San Franciscans via social media and on their website to participate in a “Digital...

News + Politics

Social distancing is the wrong term

Marc Norton - April 9, 2020

I am very tired of hearing about “social distancing.” We do not need social distancing. We need physical distancing. What we need is social solidarity. I...

News + Politics

Phyllis Lyon, lesbian rights icon, passes at 95

Marke B. - April 9, 2020

It's impossible to imagine the queer rights movement without Phyllis Lyon, who passed away today at the age of 95 of natural causes. Along...

COVID

In COVID crisis, judges decide to keep more people in jail

Tim Redmond - March 29, 2020

At a time when local authorities are working hard to reduce the number of inmates in county jails to reduce the spread of COVID-19,...

News + Politics

Immigrants sue for release from Yuba County and Mesa Verde jails

Sam Lew - March 25, 2020

Thirteen immigrants detained at Mesa Verde Detention Center and Yuba County Jail filed a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tuesday calling for their...

News + Politics

The virus of poverty

Tiny - March 22, 2020

I was born into a deadly Virus No it wasn’t in the time of MERS, Ebola or Osiris - It was a disease that kills- that...

News + Politics

Slowing coronavirus spread in the jails

Tim Redmond - March 14, 2020

Among the most vulnerable communities in this pandemic is a group that is forcibly held in close quarters, with many members facing existing health...

Housing

Terence Hallinan, rebel and advocate for the oppressed

Tim Redmond - January 21, 2020

Terence Hallinan died Jan. 17, and in death got a lot more positive press than he ever did in life. The Chron ran a nice...

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Mayor defies supes, says she won’t open hotel rooms for all homeless

Lawsuit seeks to reduce ICE detention during pandemic

Campaign seeks to close jail at Hall of Justice

Social distancing is the wrong term

Phyllis Lyon, lesbian rights icon, passes at 95

In COVID crisis, judges decide to keep more people in jail

Immigrants sue for release from Yuba County and Mesa Verde jails

The virus of poverty

Slowing coronavirus spread in the jails

Terence Hallinan, rebel and advocate for the oppressed

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